The Moral Case for Trump?
In recent weeks, as the reality of Donald Trump’s nomination has continued to settle, op-eds…
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The “Southern Cage”: How the Myth of the Redemptive Depression Keeps Blacks at the Margins
An interview with Alison Collis Greene, author of No Depression in Heaven: the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta
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Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap
Alturi profiles human rights activist Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher for the LGBT rights program at…
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Boos, Jews, and Progressive Religion at DNC
In another post, I looked at some of the religious narratives surfacing around the Democratic…
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Trump In Colorado: When the “Facts” Are No Longer Checkable
You know your summer is not going well when Donald Trump chooses your birthday to…
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Pious White Reformers and Race, Then and Now
The old refrain that white liberals are the bane of systemic change applies differently when…
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DNC Zombie Lie Count: 4
You’ve heard me talk before about the perennial (quadrennial, I guess) stories about religion and…
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The Queerness of Christian Ethics: A Conversation with Rev. Elizabeth Edman
If the mass killings in Orlando and in Charleston have anything in common it’s that both the dance club…
Read MoreDems’ “Great Satan” Strategy Falls Apart Right From Start
It’s those little Satans that spoil the broth?
Read MoreReligious Resistance to Bolivian Gender Law; US Religious Right Celebrates Court OK For Romanian Marriage Initiative; Will LGBTs Be Banned from Indonesian TV?; Global LGBT Recap
July 22 was recognized as the European Day for Victims of Hate Crime; the date…
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